Snack time`

Today at church during the sacrament Rebecca turned to me after taking the bread and asked, "When is the water coming for "Snack-erment?"

My Baby Sydney is One!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little baby! How is it that a whole year has passed. Sydney turned one a couple weeks ago, on Feb. 9th. We had a fun little get together party with Jerry's family. I made a ladybug cake, but it ended up being a "lovebug" because I couldn't make red frosting, or black, so it was pink and brown.


Here is Sydney's own personal lovebug for her to dive into.








Some things about Sydney at one!
She is so fun! She is a tease. If she does something that makes you laugh, guarantee she'll keep doing it over and over. She LOVES to blow raspberries! She thinks it is hilarious!
She understands amazingly well. I think she understands everything we say. She is getting very good at throwing her own diaper away, finding her own shoes, and even looking for her bottle. She thinks she is such a big girl and when she sees "babies" (in her mind) that are even one month younger than her she bends over and looks at them & pats them like they are a baby. Well, ok, maybe it's not so much a pat as it is a hit. So, even though she understands so well, she still has yet to say her first word. She gets everything she wants by pointing her finger and screaming. She's said mum, and dada, but not regularly enough to qualify as a first word.
She started walking right before 9 months, and hasn't stopped! She has 4 teeth, and right now she's on a hunger strike. All she wants is macaroni and cheese or milk.
One of my favorite things is when I'm putting her to bed. I'll put her up on my shoulder and lightly pat her back, and she'll reach her arm around me and pat me on my back. I love this little girl. She is such a joy in our lives.

So much for Charity!

You know those stories of children that give all the money they've saved up to other children in need. Those stories always touch me, and make me envy the Christlike, selfless love that children have.
Well, the other day I was cleaning out the kids room trying to dejunk as much as possible. (Thanks Kim for the motivation) When I found a large "Thomas The Tank" carrying case. Hayden has never really played with this, other than a day here or there. So I pointed out to him that he never really plays with the toy, and wouldn't it be nice if we were to give it to another little boy that doesn't have as many toys as him?
He paused for a minute, cocked his head to the side and said, "Umm, how about we just keep it."
I tried to convince him again, playing on that whole do-good-to-others feeling. It was to no avail. I guess we have some work to do.

Can anything be more attractive...

Than getting back from a quick escape to the grocery store after a hard "mom" day of attitude from child #1 because he's spent WAY too much time playing video games lately and HOW DARE I try to limit the time he plays. Child #2 is into pushing all the limits this week, and just looking for any excuse to get into a power struggle, and child #3 is getting two top teeth so she isn't sleeping much at night at all, which means I'm not either, and she's figured out the art of screaming a bloodcurdling scream till she gets what she wants! (And no, I'm not innocent - I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and I didn't do much to change that attitude all day.)

So... back to my story... I walked in the door to see my wonderful husband playing fun games with my kids and singing and dancing to music with them. I heard their sweet giggles that had been absent most of the day (Other than when they were teasing each other, and one was crying) and there was fun in the home again. It is great to laugh and have fun with them. I love those kiddos!

I love that man!!